A little Etymology: *critic 1580s, "one who passes judgment," from M.Fr. critique (14c.), from L. criticus "a judge, literary critic," from Gk. kritikos "able to make judgments," from krinein "to separate, decide" (see crisis). Meaning "one who judges merits of books, plays, etc." is from c.1600. The English word always had overtones of "censurer, faultfinder." critical 1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741. Creative, see Create: create late 14c., from L. creatus, pp. of creare "to make, bring forth, produce, beget," related to crescere "arise, grow" (see crescent). Related: Created; creating. Think[ing]: think O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc. *thankjan (cf. O.Fris.thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja, Goth. þagkjan); O.E. þencan is the causative form of the distinct O.E. verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, pp. geþuht), from P.Gmc. *thunkjan (cf. Ger. dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in M.E. and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me." Jocular pp. thunk (not historical, but by analogy of drink, sink, etc.) is recorded from 1876. Source: Online Etymology Dictionary
Critical* and Creative Thinking Seminars - Faculty Training
Files for the training course handouts
Possible broader context for the CCT seminars
Training course syllabus
Desired outcomes for the seminars
What is critical thinking?
Richard Paul - 8 components of Critical ThinkingBrowne and Keeley questions
Nyaya questions
Practical reasoning model
Critical Thinking and Development
PerryBloom’s taxonomy
Generation NeXt reading
Critical Thinking and Maharishi Vedic Science
Faculty Senate main pointsSchafersman article on science and critical thinking
Critical thinking and intuition
Relationship of Critical and Creative Thinking
Sternberg articleHarris article
Teaching Logic
Introduction to logic (Isabelle)Logical fallacies chapter
Logical fallacies exercise
Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking
Vardi article tables (same article as above)Bean Instructional Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking – working with book chapters
Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
Berkeley check-listIthaca College web-site with exercises
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
Assessing Critical and Creative Thinking
RubricAlverno College model of self-assessment
Developing CCT seminars
Differentiated LearningExercises for CCT seminar faculty training
Reverse engineering course development model
Bean - Instructional strategies list
Critical Thinking 4-Step Checklist (Isabelle)
Evaluation Sieve for articles and product advertisements relating to emerging sustainable technologies (Mark Stimson)
Bugmapping, A Creative Tool for Critical Thinking (Mark Stimson)
A little Etymology:
*critic 1580s, "one who passes judgment," from M.Fr. critique (14c.), from L. criticus "a judge, literary critic," from Gk. kritikos "able to make judgments," from krinein "to separate, decide" (see crisis). Meaning "one who judges merits of books, plays, etc." is from c.1600. The English word always had overtones of "censurer, faultfinder."
critical 1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741.
Creative, see Create: create late 14c., from L. creatus, pp. of creare "to make, bring forth, produce, beget," related to crescere "arise, grow" (see crescent). Related: Created; creating.
Think[ing]: think O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc. *thankjan (cf. O.Fris.thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja, Goth. þagkjan); O.E. þencan is the causative form of the distinct O.E. verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, pp. geþuht), from P.Gmc. *thunkjan (cf. Ger. dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in M.E. and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me." Jocular pp. thunk (not historical, but by analogy of drink, sink, etc.) is recorded from 1876.
Source: Online Etymology Dictionary